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    The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
    The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
    The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
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    The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb

    By Arthur Conan Doyle

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    The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, is the ninth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. A young London engineer, contracted to service a hydraulic press at a country house, discovers that the owner is using the machine for illegal purposes. After confronting the owner, the engineer narrowly escapes death and loses a thumb when the owner turns on him. Holmes deduces the actual use of the machine and sets off to bring the evildoers to justice.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateAug 1, 2017
    ISBN9781974996995
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    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most famous for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes and long-suffering sidekick Dr Watson. Conan Doyle was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.

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